THE NE..W YORKER and each animal and each wall repre- sent different aspects of the rites and ritudls of the community. The image on the wall somehow helped to struc- ture the life of the group. It's not the image of a meal-it's the image of a " process. The repercussions of Marshack's work have been widening steadily. Archeologists and anthropologIsts in Iliany different areas have found that his IT1ethods shed new light on their own research, and many have written to him, 01 Sent him materials for analy- sis. Peter T. Furst, chairman of the I)epartment of Anthropologv at the State UnIversity of New York at Al- ban) and a specialist in pre-Columbian îrt, suggested to Marshack recentl) that he apply his methods of analysis to an Ohnec mosaic, circa 1200 B.C., that Furst had seen son1e years beforf in a private collection. The smal] mo- saic was the most complex artifact of its type ever found in the Americas, and Furst thought that Marshack's sequen- tial analyses might "hèd light on how and wh) It was made. Marshack trac ked down the mosaic in St. Louis, after a six-month search, and had it sent to New York. His microscopic analyses showed that the mosaic's tiny hlack stones had heen laid in (with as- tonishing precision) according to an arithmetical sequence; that the sequence conformed to that of a lunar calendar; and that the stvle of the inlav stiongly suggested the late style of Mesoamt:ri- can hierogl) phic writing. Marshack's findings were so impressive that Furst was ahle to convince the owner to "end the mosaic back to Mexico as a na- tional treasure. Marshack's research is of special in- terest to primatologists working with chimpanzee language.. to psychologists stud, ing cognition, and to neuro- physiologists, anth ropo]ogists, histonans of re1igion, and, in particular, linguists. Man's earliest symbol-making activity has obvious implications for the prob- lem of the origins of human language, as Marshack himself is wel] aware. "If man in the Upper Paleolithic was capa- ble of highly complex "ym bolic nota- tion, then it's obvious that he must have needed language to explain it," Mar- shack said recently. "wiy feeling-and it's just a feeling-i" that every image In the caves is the abstract of a linguis- tic myth. The abstract of a telling No- body ever made an image without hav- ing a name for that Image and a stor) to go WIth it." In a somewhat unguarded moment last spring, V1arshack suggested that perhaps what he had done was to In- 127 Net results. Some tennis buffs come to The Greenbrier and couldn't care less about our 6,500 acres of mountain scenery, three I8-hole golf courses and two swimming pools. . . let alone the artists' colony and crafts shop. They can play tennis on 1 7 top-notch courts. . . " and relax sore r -( muscles in I famous mm- J{;;; f];;.jY; eral baths afterwards. ............. The White Sulphur Springs. W. Va. Life as it should be. For reservations or information. write The Greenbner, Dept. NY, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. 24986. Or telephone direct: (304) 536-1110 In New York, (212) 832-1340 In Chicago, (312) 337-1843. In Washington, D.C. (202) 244-0732. ObtthereyoJJ,,_ <. e' ll _id. ..:.. f' ..... . 'j/ .,. .... , . ,:\,. :: ::': .-...... ::, .":<'.. "".:... ç,( , , ..... 00 ,.,. * ) .... :.::t,: ...::,:. t . ;.::.:\ . \;r- .;% '. :.... J rt . t m , .;:., ;::;:; "::: ': :.::::. 4 W:"ß \,: i 'l'" y. . '.:::. .... I .it y:^ ..... .:::. .... fV" :. _. .-... . :f "I,. _# >-t ...... ... We've got all you need to help you have skin that s smooth and clean, fresh and healthy, and protected too. And that should satisfy anyone s needs Bonne Bell, lakewood., Ohio 44107 .: ....." "" "' . : .. .. : .. .:. :":::. i ,..: ..... . I :